[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Matsyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) › 157.2 # Matsyapurana 157.2 Matsyapurāṇa 157.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [157.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.157.2) tasmātte paruṣā rūkṣā jaḍā hṛdayavarjitā gaṇeśa kṣārasadṛśī śilā mātā bhaviṣyati // > Pârvatî said—“O Virabhadra! as you did not care for me and showed less affection and regard for me and as you allowed a woman to appear in private before Śiva, I curse you for this offence so that your mother shall be a salty piece of stone without any heart, inanimate, rough, and rugged”—1-2 > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 157.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.157.1) - [Next: 157.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.157.3) - [Up: 157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.157) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.157.p1) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.157.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Skandapurāṇa (early; "Ambikākhaṇḍa") (ed. Bakker)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*early*bakker.2.44.36) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.157.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.157.2) · Pramāṇa